California Insider

The Government Performance Project, an initiative of the University of Richmond funded by the Pew Charitable Trust, gives California a C-. The report card hits state government for its management of money, people, infrastructure and information.

The California Nurses Association has prepared a 60-second television ad ripping Schwarzenegger for referring to their union as a "special interest" and for his decision to suspend the state government's move toward setting hospital policy on the number of nurses required in each ward. You can view the ad here.